Robert fitz Walter, lord of Horsham was an English nobleman who served as the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.
Robert's father, Walter de Caen (aka Walter de Cadomo, Walter fitz Alberic or Walter de Huntingfield), had been a Domesday Book tenant of Robert Malet, and had, in addition to Robert, two other sons, Ralph and Roger, ancestor of the Huntingfields.
[1] Robert fitz Walter served as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk between 1115 and 1129 and again in 1135.
[citation needed] He and his wife Sybil founded the Benedictine Horsham St.
[2] Robert married firstly Sybil, the daughter of Ralph de Chesney,[3] they had the following children:[2] Robert married secondly Aveline, daughter of Ernulf de Hesdin and widow of Alan fitz Flaad of Dol.